Opinion
1:12-CR-119-MAC
07-11-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CRAIG PIPPS
ORDER ADOPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
MARCIA A. CRONE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The court referred a petition alleging violations of supervised release conditions to the Honorable Christine L. Stetson, United States Magistrate Judge, at Beaumont, Texas, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this court. The court received and considered the Report of the United States Magistrate Judge filed pursuant to such order, along with the record, pleadings and all available evidence.
At the close of the revocation hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Christine L. Stetson recommended:
1. finding the Defendant violated the first allegation in the petition that he failed to follow a mandatory condition of release;
2. revoking the Defendant's supervised release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583; and
3. sentencing the Defendant to a term of 18 months' imprisonment with three years of supervised release to follow. The court adopts the magistrate judge's recommended findings for the imposition of the same standard, mandatory, and special conditions of supervised release previously imposed when the Defendant was originally sentenced. In addition, the court orders the following additional special conditions be imposed:
a. The Defendant must reside in a residential reentry center or similar facility in a prerelease component for a period of 180 days to commence upon release from confinement and must observe the rules of that facility. Should he obtain a residence approved by the probation officer during the 180-day placement, he must be released.
b. The Defendant must submit to a search of his person, property, house, residence, vehicle, papers, computer, other electronic communication or data storage
devices or media, and effects at any time, with or without a warrant, by any law enforcement or probation officer with reasonable suspicion concerning unlawful conduct or a violation of your conditions of supervision.
At the close of the revocation hearing, the Defendant, defense counsel and counsel for the Government each signed a standard form waiving their right to object to the proposed findings and recommendations contained in the magistrate judge's report, consenting to revocation of supervised release and imposition of the sentence recommended. The Defendant also waived his right to be present with counsel and to speak at sentencing before the court imposes the recommended sentence.
Accordingly, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the magistrate judge are correct and the report of the magistrate judge is ADOPTED. It is therefore
ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the petition is GRANTED and Craig Pipps's supervised release is REVOKED.
Judgment and commitment will be entered separately, in accordance with the magistrate judge's recommendations.
SIGNED.